The thief gave a furtive glance at the defense attorney when the judge read the charges. From LearnThat.org.
A furtive manner. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Re-search Department at the Foreign Office, and engaged in furtive adulteries. From Wordnik.com. [The saint of common decency] Reference
He bristled now, recalling their furtive trysts in the woods. From Wordnik.com. [Covenant]
While the relationship was private, it can hardly be called furtive or clandestine. From Wordnik.com. [Jefferson's Concubine] Reference
I may say that I was quite startled by his manner which I can only describe as furtive and uneasy. From Wordnik.com. [Death of a Peer]
This is to say that The Lake House is longer on a kind of furtive charm than on narrative logic. From Wordnik.com. [Lake Offers Murky View, But Finally Holds Water] Reference
He was damp with perspiration, and in his glance at Desmond there was a kind of furtive appeal for approval. From Wordnik.com. [In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India] Reference
If we see this kind of furtive activity in our midst, we are going to be the one pulling guns out of holsters. From Wordnik.com. [Yuna Shin: "Ground Zero Mosque:" Politics of Fear and Persecution Assail American Character] Reference
"What is your definition of 'furtive'?" asked James calmly. From Wordnik.com. [The Fourth R] Reference
Okay, I had to use my dictionary to get the definition of "furtive". From Wordnik.com. [AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed] Reference
In a kind of furtive bravado, I paced the length of the long, thronged tables. From Wordnik.com. [Henry Brocken His Travels and Adventures in the Rich, Strange, Scarce-Imaginable Regions of Romance] Reference
The man looked about in a "furtive" manner, Kelly said, and removed one layer of upper clothing. From Wordnik.com. [The Sydney Morning Herald News Headlines] Reference
It seems to go to great lengths so say that most of us shooter are all sneeky barstewards, or should I say "furtive". From Wordnik.com. [Army Rumour Service] Reference
They were a kind of furtive universalist; they had discovered the whole cosmos, and they kept the whole cosmos a secret. From Wordnik.com. [Robert Browning] Reference
"furtive" manner as he hurried away from the area. From Wordnik.com. [News24 Top Stories] Reference
Was the Manhattan Project called 'furtive' until Hiroshima gave the story away? ". From Wordnik.com. [The Fourth R] Reference
Really, for a millionaire, Mr. Farrington, you are singularly -- shall I say -- 'furtive'? ". From Wordnik.com. [The Secret House] Reference
"Well," she hesitated, as she looked at him with a kind of furtive and wondering interest, "Bertie is very busy this afternoon. From Wordnik.com. [With the Procession] Reference
The furtive look came back, this time more pronounced. From Wordnik.com. [The Air Ship Boys : Or, the Quest of the Aztec Treasure] Reference
The next thing you notice is the furtive look of the thief. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Gatling Gun Detachment] Reference
Some of them started off as furtive traders in contraband goods. From Wordnik.com. [BOOKS: HOW THE MIGHTY FELL] Reference
I finally opened my eyes and saw only night and furtive shadows. From Wordnik.com. [Waking Up] Reference
With the money from Mom's death, we can buy a furtive condo looking out. From Wordnik.com. [Vigo Beach] Reference
But the consultants and midlevel aides traded furtive e-mails and subversive jokes. From Wordnik.com. [TALKING THE TALK] Reference
If it were up to easyJet, I'd be slipping you furtive messages from a Portuguese jail. From Wordnik.com. [That's why they call them airport novels] Reference
He peppers me with questions about the Bulls-Lakers game and makes furtive glances at Chase. From Wordnik.com. [Chase] Reference
Absorbed in their furtive closed palm exchanges of rolled-up bills for baggies, they ignore me. From Wordnik.com. [Statistics (or: Walking to Work through Lexington Market)] Reference
Only Zwigoff, a friend for 25 years, could have gotten so close to the blatantly furtive artist. From Wordnik.com. [Up From The Underground] Reference
They had a hushed exchange, complete with furtive glances, and then Bill led the man over to me. From Wordnik.com. [Chip's Bar] Reference
Much of their courtship was conducted via e-mail, interspersed with furtive meetings at the homes of sympathetic friends. From Wordnik.com. ['We've Shot Ourselves In The Heart'] Reference
Funny, fond and devastating, it can be read as Bringhurst's furtive manifesto, an analysis of what matters in his poetry. From Wordnik.com. [Selected Poems by Robert Bringhurst] Reference
Framed typographical pieces like "Desert Flowers" (1987) somehow manage to evoke hot days, cold nights and furtive wildlife. From Wordnik.com. [Bringing It All Back Home] Reference
Countries are furtive in their support for the administration not because they fear Saddam Hussein but because they fear their own people. From Wordnik.com. [The Arrogant Empire] Reference
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